Coin, Vending, & Amusement Machine Servicers & Repairers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $59,930.00
Average: $42,500.00
Hourly
Average: $20.43

What they do:

Install, service, adjust, or repair coin, vending, or amusement machines including video games, juke boxes, pinball machines, or slot machines.

On the job, you would:

  • Fill machines with products, ingredients, money, and other supplies.
  • Inspect machines and meters to determine causes of malfunctions and fix minor problems such as jammed bills or stuck products.
  • Test machines to determine proper functioning.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

86% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
84% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
82% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
77% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
76% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
72% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
71% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
71% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
71% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
70% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
64% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
58% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
53% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
52% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
67% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

61% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
61% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

66% Finger Dexterity  -  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
66% Manual Dexterity  -  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
60% Control Precision  -  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
60% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
60% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
56% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
56% Multilimb Coordination  -  The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
53% Visualization  -  The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
53% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
53% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
53% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
53% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
53% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Maintain work equipment or machinery.
Document operational activities.
Collect payments for goods or services.
Travel to work sites to perform installation, repair or maintenance work.
Inspect mechanical equipment to locate damage, defects, or wear.
Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Confer with coworkers to resolve equipment problems.
Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
Lubricate equipment to allow proper functioning.
Document operational activities.
Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
Maintain repair or maintenance records.
Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
Repair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
Dismantle heavy equipment or machinery.
Install home appliances.
Read technical information needed to perform maintenance or repairs.
Drive trucks or other vehicles to or at work sites.
Estimate costs for labor or materials.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

95% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
85% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
80% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
78% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
78% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
76% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
76% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
76% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
75% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
69% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
67% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
66% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
66% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
65% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
64% Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People  -  How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
62% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
59% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
58% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
57% Spend Time Walking and Running  -  How much does this job require walking and running?
57% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
56% Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling  -  How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling?
56% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
75% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

61% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
59% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
56% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
56% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
56% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
56% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
55% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
53% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
52% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
52% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
52% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
52% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Getting Started

Education:
92%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
8%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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